I thought everyone was selling something, even if it is only an idea. (send me money if you want to) Hank ----- Original Message ----- From: oldgl...@bigcountry.net To: silver-list@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 7:26 PM Subject: CS>Methionine, MSM
Oooooops, sorry. Didn't mean to copy the whole thing, just the components. No, I don't sell anything. :) Jean Baugh ************* > > SULFUR > Sulfur is an important body component. It is essential to life, and a major > component of all living things. It is an element that is quite often > overlooked as a nutrient, but yet is an important ingredient in several of > the very critical amino acids that make up the proteins contained in our > muscles, enzymes and other constituents in our body. Sulfur is in the > proteins which constitute basic hair, nails and skin. The sulfur-containing > structural protein keratin is found throughout the body, from the epidermis > to the hair follicle to the bronchial epithelium of the lungs to the > intestinal mucosa. Sulfur-bearing amino acids are key components of many > functional proteins and enzymes, and important determinants in the > "tertiary" three-dimensional structures, many of which are held in place by > permanent disulfide (-S-S-) linkages-for example, in maintaining the hair in > its natural inclination toward straight or curly.Ý > > SULFUR AND THE AMINO ACIDS > Sulfur is contained in the amino acids, methionine, cysteine and cystine, > and in the important sulfhydryl tripeptide glutathione. Dietary sulfur can > be incorporated into cysteine, cystine and glutathione. Animal studies using > radioactive tracers show that the sulfur in MSM can even be utilized to > prepare methionine. Key proteins dependent on, for example, the important > oxidation-reduction partners cysteine and cystine include:Ý > > MSM is an abbreviation for Methyl-Sulfonyl-Methane. It is a natural form of > sulfur found in all living organisms and is present in our body fluids and > tissues. It is found in many fresh foods including most fresh fruits and > vegetables, milk and some grains. Even though it is present in fresh foods, > it is easily destroyed in cooking, storing and processing. Due to modern > food processing and cooking, sufficient MSM may not be present to provide > significant biological sulfur, so it makes sense to incorporate MSM as part > of your dietary supplement program when supplemental sulfur is > desired-especially for vegetarians as they may have a shortage of sulfur in > their diets. > > Jean Baugh > > > > -- -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver List archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com OT Archive: http://escribe.com/health/silverofftopiclist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
